Izvestiya of Saratov University.
Philology. Journalism
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
ISSN 2541-898X (Online)

Linguistics

Means of D.A. Medvedev’s Speech Impact (Based on the Material of the Article “On, Russia!” and the Address to the Federal Assembly)

The article deals with the analysis of the means of D.A. Medvedev’s speech impact on the addressee. Depending on the form of the text or of the public performance, similarities and specific characteristics of the implementation of speech impact means are revealed.

Breach of the Ethical Conduct as One of the Reasons of Communicative Failures in Interaction

One of the frequent reasons of communicative failures in everyday speech interaction is considered in the article, namely a breach of the ethical conduct of communication. A particular emphasis is placed on the multifaceted nature of the ethical conduct definition. On the basis of the informal communication the author analyzes some constituents of this notion and their influence on the success of the communication process.

Role of Language Game in the Realization of Communicative Strategies of Teachers of Higher Education School

The article reveals and analyses types of language game, which are used by teachers of the school of higher education in the course of the educational process for the implementation of communicative strategies.

Age Dynamics of Associative Thinking of Russian Language Speakers (Based on the Material of Verbal Reactions of the Subjects Aged 7–55 Years old)

In the article the author investigates the influence of the subjects’ age on the nature of the associative reactions. The material for the research is obtained from the associative dictionaries and the data of the associative experiments.

Role of Slang Metaphoric Nominations in Internet Communication

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the metaphoric subsystem of Web slang. Major lexical groups, used as the source of figurative slang meanings formation, are determined; they are juxtaposed with general language tendencies; the system of the metaphor sources as a reflection of the idiosyncratic world picture of the users of this idiom has been viewed.

Literary and Non-fiction Precedent Phenomena in Contemporary Slang

The article deals with the analysis of the part that precedent phenomena play in the formation of the contemporary Russian slang. Main thematic text groups frequently used by the slang-speakers in communication are discovered. The functions of the precedent phenomena under study are determined.

Functional-Semantic Field of the Category of Temporality in Source and Target Texts

The article reveals the category of time from the perspective of functional grammar, illustrated by the comparison of structural fields in the source and target texts of Oscar Wilde’s “Model Millionaire”. 

Semantic and Cognitive Analysis of the Means of Concentrated Appeal to the Concept вера / faith

The article contains the semantic and cognitive analysis of the lexeme вера / faith, which nominates concept faith in the Russian and English languages; basic structural components of this lexeme are singled out; nationally specific features of the language and culture concept faith are defined in both Russian Orthodox and Protestant discourse types

Specific Features of French Speech Regionalization in France. Part II

The article discusses theoretical and research problems of the national language differentiation illustrated by regional variants of French in France.

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